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Yellow Fever In Philadelphia

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This novel “Fever 1794” gave me the knowledge of the different perspectives of Philadelphia during the yellow fever outbreak. “Fever 1793” is a novel about a girl named Matilda and how she had to go through the deadly, depressing and horrible yellow fever outbreak, which affected her life in many different areas. Yellow fever was a disease that spread across Philadelphia in the late 1790s it was a deadly disease at that time because people didn't know the exact cause and the exact way to cure people who were diagnosed with it.For instance, Dr.Benjamin Rush who was a famous doctor at the time thought bleeding people by cutting a part on their arm so the bad infected blood would come out, many people thought that getting bled would cure them, …show more content…

Many people had the disease, and most of them were treated by local doctors, but the people who were lucky, got sent to Bush Hill where they had a medicine for curing yellow fever, but only a few people diagnosed with the fever could go to Bush Hill because Bush Hill was swarming with fever victims. Bush hill was built by Andre Hamilton, it was a hospital at the time were hundreds of sick patients were treated per week with yellow fever. Bush Hill had French doctors and because the French already had a yellow fever outbreak earlier the French were more experienced with what sort of medical support you needed. To wrap this all up,“Yellow Fever 1793” is a sensational novel, that gives me knowledge about that time period in detail, it gives me the knowledge of history because the more of history I know the easier I can put together the pieces of the world, but most importantly “Yellow Fever 1793” gives me the knowledge about life about death and about the world that surrounds

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It also indicates the hospital was a surreal, almost placid place. While in An American Plague page 105 it indicates,”so many people applied that patients had to have a doctors certificate stating that they did indeed have yellow fever.” With this many people applying to Bush Hill, it would most certainly not be a calm and relaxing place. It also suggests that this place should be like the market or town square before the fever, bustling, constant commotion and always someone wanting or needing something. It also conveys on page 13-14 of An American Plague,”the skin and eyeballs turned yellow, as red blood cells were destroyed, causing the bile pigment bilirubin to accumulate in the body;nose, gums and intestines began bleeding; and the patient vomited stale, black blood.

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Did you know that in 1793, more than 5000 people died from the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia? The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a historical fiction about a girl named Matilda trying to survive against yellow fever with Her Mother, Grandfather, and Eliza in Philadelphia. The theme of the book is “Perseverance allows the overcoming of hardships and brings hope to those who persevere.” During the novel Fever 1793, Matilda endured through the entire Yellow Fever epidemic with it having ups and downs that built hope and destroyed it completely, this is a reason that perseverance allows the overcoming of hardships and brings hope to those who persevere. One example is when Mattie was with a child to take care of and is trying

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Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction book, Fever 1793, takes place in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the story of Matilda Cook (Mattie) and her family, and the hardships they go through in the time period when Yellow Fever had struck. In the book, it teaches that during tough times, it is important to step up and take charge. This can be seen through the impact on the characters and author’s craft.

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The story Fever 1793 is a historical fiction novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson takes place in Philadelphia, PA during the fever epidemic in 1793. Mattie is a teenage girl that is very affected by the fever. It is a very hard time for Mattie and everyone in Philadelphia. The city turns into a ghost town after the fever arrives. Anderson uses character development and the story’s ending to create the theme that the right thing to do is not always the easiest.

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